FDA Move Aims to Curb Opiate Abuse as Painkiller Addiction Rises in County
FDA move aims to curb opiate abuse as painkiller addiction rises in county
Additionally, Spectrum Health Systems, which opened a methadone clinic in the city a year ago, now serves 350 people, "showing that an unmet need has been addressed," said Andrew Strecker, the company's development associate. County residents have died …
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Addiction Treatment With a Dark Side
“I didn't know you could overdose on Suboxone,” Mr. Verrill said in an interview at a federal prison in Otisville, N.Y. “We were just a bunch of friends getting high and hanging out, doing what 20-year-olds do. Then we went to … Intended as a long …
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Health/ScienceSnapshots
Law enforcement agencies and drug-addiction experts say the new opioid pain pill, Zohydro ER, will likely create more addicts and cause overdose deaths to increase. Zohydro will be … Hydrocodone belongs to the opioid family of medications, a highly …
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Legislators plan heroin forum in Downers Grove
We have provided them free to the Winfield police because they are first responders at most overdoses in our community. In the process of training the police, we have been able to share information about Stonybrook and methadone replacement therapy.
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